Around 4:15 a.m. on May 13, Nicki Champion of Stockbridge was awoken by a notification from her security camera, which sends a live feed from her door to her phone. Figuring it was her cat, she began ...

Barre—Steven D. Russell, 77, died April 18, 2025, at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. He was born May 27, 1947, in Barre City, Vt.; the son of William D. Russell II and Irene ...

As H.454, the legislature’s school funding bill, works its way through Senate committees, Representatives Rebecca Holcombe (D, Windsor-Orange-2) and Jim Masland (D-Windsor Orange-2) dropped in on a ...

At the White River Valley Chamber of Commerce’s first annual meeting since 2023, attendees turned up on a rainy Friday at the Red Schoolhouse building in Randolph Center to celebrate community ...

Randolph—On May 2, 2025, surrounded by his loving wife of 56 years, Maxine; and their three daughters, Edwin Roscoe Merrill Jr. passed away peacefully. Born on March 3, 1947, to Edwin Roscoe Merrill ...

Ernest J. Claughton, 85, formerly of Bethel, Vt., and Gloucester, Mass., passed away on Friday, May 2, 2025 at the High Pointe House in Haverhill, Mass. Born in Boston, Mass. on January 4, 1940, he ...

Probably the worst decision in human history was that of the Chinese Emperor Xuando (also known as Zhu Zhanji) in 1434. In that year he issued the Edict of Haijin that closed China off from the rest ...

On Route 110 in Chelsea stands a nearly 200-year-old brick building. Hiding inside is a brand new, state-of-the-art kitchen, and in a few months’ time, chef Dana Hansen will be opening its doors as a ...

Jane and Earl Varney take meticulous care of their small home and yard next to Coburns General Store. Earl, who is 91, was born upstairs in the Agatha’s, the store that his parents were running in the ...

Larry Hart, a moderate Republican who will assume a seat in the state Senate representing Orange County come January, says he’ll approach the job with a mindset of balance. “If you go in ...

A week after the general election, Chris Helali of Vershire was named winner of a contested write-in race for Orange County high bailiff. The state Canvassing Committee met in Montpelier this week and ...

Different eras in history lend themselves best to different kinds of stories. The 1950s and 1890s are for stories about placid, middle-class life (and perhaps the turmoil below the surface), the early ...